“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” is a song written byHal David andBurt Bacharach;for the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It won an Oscar for Best Original Song.vDavid and Bacharach also won an Oscar for Best Original Score. The song was recorded by B. J. Thomas in seven takes, after Bacharach expressed dissatisfaction with the first six. In the film version of the song, Thomas had been recovering from laryngitis, which made his voice sound more abrasive than in the 7-inch release<. The film version featured a separate vaudeville-style instrumental break in double time while Paul Newman performed bicycle stunts.